Wednesday Rant with Andrea McCall

Why is it so difficult to keep at a regular exercise routine?
 
About two years ago, I started getting up at approximately 5:30 am to be at my gym or go for a walk at 6 am.  It is the time that is the most convenient for me.  I work a regular day job and then I come home, make supper and disperse to whatever sport with which ever child is required.  If I have an evening off, I find that I am definitely not motivated to leave my house, especially when it is dark and cold.  So, by getting up early, I have less time to think about whether I want to go or not and then my evening is left free to do with it as Ichoose.
 
Well, that was the idea, anyways.
 
Since the beginning of the summer, I have been really struggling with being motivated to get to the gym at all.  I sometimes sleep in, or I do wake up but decide that my bed is more comfortable and I just roll over.  I know that if I do go to the gym, I will feel better because I actually did accomplish something, as well as feeling physically better from getting my blood and appropriate hormones pumping.  Yet the battle continues to grow.
 
I truly believe it comes down to the whole "thinking" part.  If I have said it once, I have said it a million times - thinking is highly overrated.  If I am meeting someone to work out with, I get up and go, no thought involved.  It is when I wake up and feel that I have a decision to make, where there should be no decision at all that I tend to become lazy. 
 
Well, at least I have a little motivation now.  Jenn, my travel agent friend who set Val and I up with the awesome Las Vegas package has just set me up with the most unbelievable Jamaica deal.  So Jan. 8th, I leave for sun and fun.  Jenn, you really are awesome!
 
This morning, I woke up, no thinking involved, and headed to the gym.  Hopefully, I will build the non-thinking routine that will last after my Jamaica trip!

Comments

[Jenn - The Travel Agent!]

Woohoo! Happy to be able to provide the motivation! Maybe I should have booked myself *with* you to get motivated as well.